For the third time in a year, a commercial lunar lander backed by NASA is on its way to the moon's surface. The spacecraft built and operated by Texas-based Firefly Aerospace launched in the early ...

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 and 2, initially sent to explore the outer planets, ultimately became the first human-made objects to enter interstellar space. Currently, Voyager 1 is over 15 billion ...

NASA has turned off one of Voyager 2's science instruments as power conservation becomes crucial for the interstellar exploring spacecraft located 12.8 billion miles from home. When you purchase ...

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GREENBELT, Md. — Three of the satellite instruments that will fly on an upcoming satellite mission called “FASTSAT” have been created at one NASA center and have arrived at another for more tests to ...

The twin probes should operate for about a year before the team is forced to shut off yet more instruments. Reading time 3 minutes The Voyager spacecraft have been cruising through interstellar space ...

As things stand today, the Artemis III Moon mission is scheduled to depart sometime in 2026. For all intents and purposes, it is perhaps the most important test of the program this decade, because it ...

NEW YORK — NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Wednesday an instrument on Voyager 2 that measures charged ...

NASA has announced the selection of three innovative scientific instruments that will be vital to the Artemis mission, specifically for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), a key part of NASA’s lunar ...

A month before arriving at its destination, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has already begun to collect science data from each of its 10 instruments, NASA announced this ...